TY - BOOK AU - Fitzsimmons,James A. AU - Fitzsimmons,Mona J. AU - Fitzsimmons,James A. TI - Service management: operations, strategy, and information technology SN - 0070217602 (alk. paper) SN - 978007021 AV - HD9980.5 .F549 PY - 1998/// CY - Boston PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Service industries KW - Management N1 - Updated ed. of: Service management for competitive advantage. 1994; pt. 1. Services and the economy. The role of services in an economy -- The nature of services -- pt. 2. The service concept and competitive strategy. Service strategy -- Services and information technology -- pt. 3. Structuring the service enterprise. The service delivery system -- The supporting facility -- Service facility location -- Managing service projects -- pt. 4. Managing service operations. The service encounter -- Service quality -- Managing queues -- Managing facilitating goods -- Managing capacity and demand -- pt. 5. Toward world-class service. Productivity and quality improvement -- Growth and expansion -- pt. 6. Quantitative models with service applications. Forecasting demand for services -- Queuing models and capacity planning -- Linear programming models in services ER -